Assignment+1.2+Google+Groups


 * [[image:googlegroups_logo2.gif width="140" height="91" link="@http://www.google.com/profiles/annagubbin"]] || Google Groups allows users to connect with other users, access shared information and communicate professionally and effectively over the web. ||
 * Click on the Google Groups logo above to be taken to my personal profile.

Allows users to:
 * What are the features and advantages of this tool?**
 * Create and join collaborative groups and engage in discussion on topics of the same interest
 * Create your own personal profile
 * Create and join groups of personal and professional interest
 * Create custom group web page
 * Customize your group's web page layout
 * Post discussions and check back another day for comments - this is known as asynchronous discussions
 * Have the choice of discussion posts to be emailed to you or simply viewed on the Google Groups site

I think that this tool would be really useful to use as a professional. It would be an efficient way to communicate with people in the same areas of interest. I have joined the edflinMultiMedia10 group as part of the Multimeida Literacy Topic. By engaging in discussion with other members of the group I have already built up a bunch of rich resources that will be helpful for me as a future teacher and also given me ideas that i can already use as a student teacher and learner.
 * How could i use this tool as a professional educator?**

Apart from Google Groups being used as a collaborative tool for teachers, I believe it could also be used in the same way for a group of students. THe teacher could initiate a topic or question of discussion and have the students post discussions on that topic or question. ||
 * How could i use this tool in the Primary Classroom?**